Caveman
“Back when you had to beat it before you could eat it...”
Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.
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Cast
32 people
Ringo Starr
Atouk
Known for
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Dennis Quaid
Lar
Known for
The Day After Tomorrow
The Parent Trap
Shelley Long
Tala
Known for
Cheers
The Money Pit
Jack Gilford
Gog
Known for
Cocoon
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Barbara Bach
Lana
Known for
The Spy Who Loved Me
Force 10 from Navarone
Carl Lumbly
Bork
Known for
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
The Fall of the House of Usher
John Matuszak
Tonda
Known for
The Goonies
The Ice Pirates
Avery Schreiber
Ock
Known for
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Galaxina
Richard Moll
Abominable Snowman
Known for
Night Court
House
Cork Hubbert
Ta
Known for
Legend
Mark King
Ruck
Known for
Operation Condor
Once Upon a Time in China
Paco Morayta
Flok
Known for
The Mask of Zorro
Romancing the Stone
Carl Gottlieb Director · Rudy De Luca Writer Lalo Schifrin Composer
Worldwide gross $16M · United States release April 17, 1981 · Produced in Mexico, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$15,965,324
Production
The Turman-Foster Company
Production
Estudios Churubusco Azteca
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
Mexico · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 17, 1981
Theatrical
United States · January 16, 1993
Physical · VHS
United States
June 4, 2002 · Physical · DVD
Germany
June 4, 1981 · Theatrical
Mexico
December 25, 1981 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 16, 1981 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 26, 1981 · Theatrical
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